Prior reading not required. In 1959, a Cincinnati pharmaceutical firm quietly began distributing samples of a new sedative, thalidomide, in the US which had already been causing severe birth abnormalities abroad, under the guise of clinical trials. In Wonder Drug, Jennifer Vanderbes examines government and corporate archives, probed court records, and interviewed key players to tell the story of the unrecognized victims of an epic scandal and expose the deceptive practices of Big Pharma that continue to endanger lives today. Click here for more information on the book. Non Pizza lunch will be served.
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy, co-sponsored by the Yale Health Law and Policy Society (YHeLPS), Program for Humanities in Medicine, Center for Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation, Program in the History of Science and Medicine, Yale Law Women+, Yale Collaboration for Regulatory Rigor, Integrity, and Transparency (CRRIT)